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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Last night I went to bed feeling sick to my stomach. No, it's nothing serious. I just found out Gretchen won Project Runway. It's so wrong. I just want to tase Nina and Mr Kors. I know it's just television and I shouldn't feel so strongly that it affects my real being but I so wanted Mondo to win.

So no surprise. Today is a cold dreary day. It's been like that for a while now. I wake up shivering and have to shuffle around in my sweaters until I get warm enough to look like I live in a hot country. I think it's just me feeling the cold because I don't see anyone else dressed for winter. I dread the cold rainy weather because it makes my body all knotty. My muscles just won't unknot. I know part of it is psychological but it's still very hard to feel positive especially when I try to take pictures and the sky is just grey. I just want to tase myself.

On a positive note, my kids' exams are finally over and it's such a relief to stop having to watch over them like a hawk. This is the part of parenting I dislike the most - getting the kids to study for the exams. My son did average - no surprise. He barely touched his books. Another reason I'm glad exams are over is I have a neighbour who lives in the next block and she tutors her kid AT THE TOP OF HER VOICE every single night. Her screaming and shouting causes me a huge amount of stress. Every night, I just want to tase her.

October is nearly over. Yay! Next weekend, 6th to 7th November, I'll be back at red dot design museum selling my bags. Although I had a lot of time, I didn't make many bags. I just didn't feel inspired. For the past few days I've been busy making what I call Perfect Size Drawstring Pouches. The last few times I made drawstring pouches for sale, I had many requests for a smaller version. It seems women don't want their drawstring pouches to be huge like I imagined. I used a regular size wallet, key pouch, handphone and a packet of tissues for sizing. I'm imagining these are the essentials that every woman needs to carry with her. Here they are.

Guess how many I made?

You may recognise this fabric. It's apples print by Michael Miller. I kept the bag design very simple and functional.

The inside.

These are all you need to carry around, ladies.

There's room to spare! You could throw in a lipstick, compact or whatever you can't live without.

You know I was feeling kind of grey, so I had a ball with the fabric matching. This is the best part of sewing. Going thru' your stash and mixing and matching.

This clover print by Patty Young for Michael Miller you've seen before. I love it so I'm gonna use it till I have nothing left.

That's right. I made a total of 10 perfect size fat bottomed drawstring pouches. I'll be selling these at MAAD 6th to 7th November. Hope I got the size right. Otherwise I'll have 10 of these pouches sitting around. Bye.

All that talk of tasing was scary! Although I was upset when my kids told me Gretchen won. I wouldn't even come into the room to watch the episode after that, told them to just delete the recording. And yeah, maybe the screaming neighbor could use it. So- maybe it's not that scary an idea.

Your bag fabrics are fantastic - love the coordinating linings and your labels are adorable. If you come home with any of those I will be very surprised! Good luck at the sale next weekend!

Every single one of your pouches were outstanding. They really inspire people to play with fabric. You seem to have a lot of great yummy fabric and I would really like to play with it all but you might tase me!! lol

How many have you made? How can you say I am running out of control? You nevr stop either, do you?Your color combination are perfect. I agree that is one of the best parts abour sewing. But one of the trickiest too ;-)

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My name is Jane. I live in Singapore with my 2 kids, hubs, a few hundred bags and a growing bag pattern empire. Thanks for visiting my blog. This is where I share my journey thru' bag making. Okay, it's not always about bags but one thing I can promise you - every bag has a story.